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Greensboro Vicks
Vol. 30
April 1988
No. 9
Crest Replaces Lavoris
Randy Andrews checks the last pallet of
Lavoris.
Tuesday, February 16, 5:23 p.m., the
last bottle of red, cinnamon-flavored
mouthwash moves down the line and
into its case, bringing to an end the
30-year association that began when
Richardson-Vicks acguired Lavoris
from The Lavoris Company in 1958.
Lavoris has been a good product for
Vicks, first as part of our family and
later as one that we produced for
others.
Waldo Poole helped to mix the first
Greensboro Lavoris batch.
Ten years passed before the major
production of Lavoris was moved to
Greensboro. In that period a Lavoris
breath spray, the first of its kind, was
introduced in 1960. March 3, 1968,
marked the first of many Lavoris
batches mixed by Waldo Poole and
Raymond White with Lee Norman as
Compounding Supervisor. Pete Tilley,
by Jeanette Key, Edith
Redmon, Jeanette Sumner
who was a senior compounder, said
the liguid was mixed in 100-gallon
premix batches, filtered through a
smaller tank using four rolls of cotton
as a filter and into the 5,000 gallon
storage tank to be mixed with purified
water. In 1982 Lavoris changed from
glass to plastic format, eliminating
breakage and reducing shipping costs.
In 1987 the Green Mint flavor was added.
Ownership of Lavoris passed from
Richardson-Vicks to Jeffrey Martin in 1985,
and in 1987 Jeffrey Martin sold the rights
to The DEP Company. During this time
Richardson-Vicks continued to produce
Lavoris on a contract basis. Late in
1987 a business decision was made to
discontinue the contract packaging of
Lavoris.
When the last Lavoris bottle was
packaged on February 16, the mechanics
busied themselves cleaning the line
and the product area. Compounding
had a new product to make; production
had a new product to package. At
7:30 a.m. Thursday, February 18, the
operators, material handlers, foreperson,
and product manager all were in place.
The switch was turned on. Production
of Crest Cavity and Crest Tartar and
Cavity Fighting Rinses began —
ahead of schedule!
Happy Easter!
WBMWm
Crest production begins for Violet
Hickman and us.
from the Easter Bunny and
Greensboro Vicks
DB Benefits
Explanation
Continued
by Julie Lunsford
This month we continue to answer
your Disability Benefit Plan guestions.
(Note: If any information presented
here conflicts with the official text of
the Disability Benefits Plan, the official
text will prevail.)
Q. I'm confused about what
happens to the sick leave I've
used during the first five days
of absence If the DB Plan would
cover this first week also. Will
my sick leave be returned to my
account?
A. No. Sick leave will always cover
the first five days of absence if you
have it. (If not you'll receive 50%
of pay from a separate company
payment.) Recall that the DB Plan
starts paying benefits on the sixth
day of absence. The only time it
pays benefits for the first five days
of absence is if you have certain
kinds of surgery or have been absent
(continued on page 3)

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Greensboro Vicks
Vol. 30
April 1988
No. 9
Crest Replaces Lavoris
Randy Andrews checks the last pallet of
Lavoris.
Tuesday, February 16, 5:23 p.m., the
last bottle of red, cinnamon-flavored
mouthwash moves down the line and
into its case, bringing to an end the
30-year association that began when
Richardson-Vicks acguired Lavoris
from The Lavoris Company in 1958.
Lavoris has been a good product for
Vicks, first as part of our family and
later as one that we produced for
others.
Waldo Poole helped to mix the first
Greensboro Lavoris batch.
Ten years passed before the major
production of Lavoris was moved to
Greensboro. In that period a Lavoris
breath spray, the first of its kind, was
introduced in 1960. March 3, 1968,
marked the first of many Lavoris
batches mixed by Waldo Poole and
Raymond White with Lee Norman as
Compounding Supervisor. Pete Tilley,
by Jeanette Key, Edith
Redmon, Jeanette Sumner
who was a senior compounder, said
the liguid was mixed in 100-gallon
premix batches, filtered through a
smaller tank using four rolls of cotton
as a filter and into the 5,000 gallon
storage tank to be mixed with purified
water. In 1982 Lavoris changed from
glass to plastic format, eliminating
breakage and reducing shipping costs.
In 1987 the Green Mint flavor was added.
Ownership of Lavoris passed from
Richardson-Vicks to Jeffrey Martin in 1985,
and in 1987 Jeffrey Martin sold the rights
to The DEP Company. During this time
Richardson-Vicks continued to produce
Lavoris on a contract basis. Late in
1987 a business decision was made to
discontinue the contract packaging of
Lavoris.
When the last Lavoris bottle was
packaged on February 16, the mechanics
busied themselves cleaning the line
and the product area. Compounding
had a new product to make; production
had a new product to package. At
7:30 a.m. Thursday, February 18, the
operators, material handlers, foreperson,
and product manager all were in place.
The switch was turned on. Production
of Crest Cavity and Crest Tartar and
Cavity Fighting Rinses began —
ahead of schedule!
Happy Easter!
WBMWm
Crest production begins for Violet
Hickman and us.
from the Easter Bunny and
Greensboro Vicks
DB Benefits
Explanation
Continued
by Julie Lunsford
This month we continue to answer
your Disability Benefit Plan guestions.
(Note: If any information presented
here conflicts with the official text of
the Disability Benefits Plan, the official
text will prevail.)
Q. I'm confused about what
happens to the sick leave I've
used during the first five days
of absence If the DB Plan would
cover this first week also. Will
my sick leave be returned to my
account?
A. No. Sick leave will always cover
the first five days of absence if you
have it. (If not you'll receive 50%
of pay from a separate company
payment.) Recall that the DB Plan
starts paying benefits on the sixth
day of absence. The only time it
pays benefits for the first five days
of absence is if you have certain
kinds of surgery or have been absent
(continued on page 3)